About the Role
We are looking for a Finance Executive / Senior Executive to support management in financial planning, costing, budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, profitability analysis and management reporting.
This role is suitable for someone who enjoys analysing financial information, understanding business performance and turning financial data into practical insights and recommendations for management.
This is primarily an FP&A and management finance role, rather than a routine bookkeeping, tax filing or transactional accounting position.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and maintain budgets, financial forecasts and rolling forecasts.
- Develop costing models for products, services, projects and business activities.
- Analyse revenue, costs, margins and profitability.
- Perform Actual vs Budget and Actual vs Forecast variance analysis.
- Prepare monthly and periodic management financial reports.
- Prepare and maintain short-term and medium-term cash-flow forecasts.
- Monitor expected cash inflows, collections and significant payments.
- Identify potential cash-flow issues, financial risks and unusual trends.
- Review the financial impact of significant sales, purchasing, supplier and service agreements.
- Support management in pricing, cost optimisation, expenditure and investment decisions.
- Prepare financial models, scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis.
- Work closely with Accounting, Sales and other departments to obtain and analyse financial and operational information.
- Support continuous improvement of budgeting, forecasting, costing and management reporting processes.
- Develop management dashboards and financial schedules where required.
Key Areas of Focus
You will be involved in:
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Product & Service Costing
- Profitability & Margin Analysis
- Cash-Flow Forecasting
- Variance Analysis
- Management Reporting
- Commercial Financial Analysis
- Financial Modelling
- Management Decision Support
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Accounting, Economics, Business or another relevant discipline.
- Approximately 2–5 years of relevant working experience in areas such as:
- FP&A
- Management Accounting
- Costing
- Commercial Finance
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Financial Analysis
- Management Reporting
Candidates with approximately 2–3 years of relevant experience may be considered for the Executive level.
Candidates with approximately 3–5 years of strong relevant experience and the ability to work independently may be considered for the Senior Executive level.
Professional qualifications or progress towards qualifications such as CIMA, ACCA, CPA, ICAEW or equivalent will be an advantage but are not mandatory.
Skills & Competencies
The ideal candidate should have good knowledge or practical experience in:
- Microsoft Excel
- Financial modelling
- Budgeting
- Rolling forecasting
- Costing
- Profitability analysis
- Variance analysis
- Cash-flow forecasting
- Scenario analysis
- Management reporting
- Commercial financial analysis
- Interpretation of Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow information
Experience with ERP systems, Power Query, Power BI or other Business Intelligence tools will be an added advantage.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for someone who is:
- Analytical and detail-oriented
- Commercially aware
- Comfortable working with numbers and financial models
- Able to identify financial trends, risks and opportunities
- Able to explain financial information clearly to management and non-finance colleagues
- Able to work independently and manage recurring reporting deadlines
- Proactive in identifying problems and recommending practical solutions
- Responsible when handling confidential financial and business information
Language Requirements
- Good written and spoken English is required.
- Bahasa Malaysia proficiency is an advantage.
- Mandarin proficiency is an advantage due to the Company's cross-border business activities and stakeholder environment.
Why This Role?
This position offers exposure beyond traditional accounting.
You will work closely with management and different business functions to understand:
Revenue → Cost → Margin → Profitability → Cash Flow → Budget → Forecast → Risk → Management Action
The role provides an opportunity to develop strong FP&A, commercial finance and management decision-support experience.
Pay: RM5,000.00 - RM7,500.00 per month
Work Location: In person